SourceMUMBAI, INDIA, August 17, 2004: Schools in Mumbai are cracking down on junk food in childrens’ lunches in an effort to curb growing obesity among young people. Gazala Shaikh, headmistress of Begum Sharifa Kalsekar Girls English School, says, “Students have to eat lunch in class. Teachers confiscate junk food, and a note is sent to the parents requesting that their…
SourceMYSORE, INDIA, August 19, 2004: Recalling sage Panini’s 2,000-year-old contribution to acoustics, the former Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad University, B.S. Ramakrishna, on Thursday said the sage’s well-researched arrangement of the alphabet of Devanagiri script was a unique effort. Inaugurating a national workshop on “Acoustic analysis of speech” here, Prof. Ramakrishna said the scientific arrangement of alphabets of Devanagiri script was in…
SourceBANGALORE, INDIA, August 15, 2004: From humble beginnings years ago when the location of this sacred site was in the middle of a forest to today when the site is a hub of activity for the local citizens, Lord Hanuman is a true presence in West Bangalore. It all started when a monkey made its home on a rock in…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, August 15, 2004: Sanskrit Bharati is a voluntary movement to bring about social change by practicing Sanskrit language in day-to-day life. It was formed in 1981 in Bangalore, Karnataka. It teaches a unique method to learn Sanskrit within 10 days (two hours per day) through simple spoken Sanskrit course (Sanskrit Sambhashana Sibiram). Sanskrit Bharati nurtures the belief…
SourceTOLEDO, OHIO, August 14, 2004: Since August of 1989, the Hindu community in Toledo has been worshipping at their Hindu Temple and Heritage Hall on a 15-acre parcel on King Road in Sylvania Township. This year during the Festival of India, the 500 area families are hosting special events in honor of the 15th anniversary. The article says, “This weekend’s…
SourceKAUAI, HAWAII, August 24, 2004: Hinduism Today is working on a story on the Sri Vidya tradition and is seeking experts to assist with, or even write, up an extensive coverage of the tradition. If you’d like to help, kindly e-mail “source” above.
SourceKAUAI, HAWAII, August 24, 2004: Hinduism Today is working on a story on how to make financial investments (stocks, etc.) which are in accord with dharma. There are today investment firms which provide investment choices for Catholics, Muslims, vegetarians, environmentalists, etc., through the use of “screens” to exclude certain kinds of companies. The story will focus on the range of…
SourceKAPAA, HAWAII, August 23, 2004: HPI Note: This restaurant is a few miles from the ashram here, so we did not want to pass up this piece of news of it. It’s one of the restaurants we recommend to pilgrims to our island. When Mark Reinfeld and Gabriel Zingaro opened the 30-seat Blossoming Lotus restaurant in 2002 and offered “vegan…
SourcePUNE, INDIA, August 20, 2004: The Indian herpetological (the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians) society has appealed to the public not to worship live snakes and instead use wooden or glass replicas on the occasion of Nag Panchami on Friday. The society has distributed over 300 fiberglass snake icons to Ganesh mandals in the city and has…
SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, August 9, 2004: An international group, led by N. Kannan of Korea Ocean Research Development Institute, is attempting to create a Web database of Tamil literary works which languish in ancient palm leafs and old books. In Chennai recently, Dr. Kannan spoke about his pet project which was conceived and implemented from his base in Boeblingen, Germany. The…